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Line 26: After recovering, his father provided funding for him to become a member of [[Lloyd's of London]], building upon his start in 1948 with insurance broker [[Sedgwick Group\|Sedgwick Collins]].<ref name=guardian-20020103/> In the 1950s, Royle became President of the Western Area [[Young Conservatives (UK)\|Young Conservatives]]. He unsuccessfully contested [[St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)\|St Pancras North]] in the [[1955 United Kingdom general election\|1955 general election]]. As the Conservative candidate in the [[1958 Torrington by-election]], he failed to hold the usually [[safe seat]]. At the [[1959 United Kingdom general election\|1959 general election]], Royle was finally elected to the [[British House of Commons\|House of Commons]], as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency)\|Richmond, Surrey]]. He held the seat until he retired at the [[1983 United Kingdom general election\|1983 general election]]. Royle was strongly [[1973 enlargement of the European Communities\|pro-membership of the European Community]].<ref name=guardian-20020103/>

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